Letter from George Washington Julian, Centreville, Ind[iana], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1857 Dec[ember] 7

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Title:
Letter from George Washington Julian, Centreville, Ind[iana], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1857 Dec[ember] 7
Description:
George Washington Julian writes to William Lloyd Garrison after receiving his letter, saying "it is most grateful to my feelings, for if it had not been received after all that has passed, I should have felt myself unspeakably ourtaged ..." He praises the letter for "fully exculpating you from all blame & doing complete justice to my character & motives." He says that, "You are the last man in the world towards whom I would have cherished unkind thoughts, or of whom I could have said unkind words." Julian then reports that "Mr. Hull" is "about to marry the girl he seduced having been divorced from his late wife" and that he has written Julian "several letters, threatening assassination in each." He tells Garrison that since his last letter to him about Hull, he has spoken "to several persons who know Hull far better than I do" and he has learned that Hull "is more thoroughly dishonest, depraved, and profligate than I had dreamed of ..." Julian says that the affair has taught him "that when a man comes among you from the West, without vouchers, & asking to be publicly endorsed, it is best to wait a few days till communication can be had with reliable men in the region in which he is known."
Author:
Julian, George W. (George Washington), 1817-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 7, 1857
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Julian, George W. (George Washington), 1817-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Centreville, Ind[iana]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Recipient inferred by cataloger based on letters contents. The letter appears to refer to an earlier letter from Julian to Garrison, dated November, 9, 1857, call number MS A.1.2 v.27, p.69.
Identifier:
5861260
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.27, p.71
Barcode:
39999085840195